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State and Local Government Statutory Interpretation California

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The Price of Water Just Got More Complicated: San Diego’s Legal Battle Over Tiered Rates

On July 30, 2025, a divided California Court of Appeal issued its long-awaited opinion in Patz v. City of San Diego, affirming the trial court’s judgment that the City’s tiered residential water rates violated Proposition 218...more

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Challenging the Industrial Exodus: Legal Lessons from Santa Ana’s Planning Reboot

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The City of Santa Ana (City) has recently undertaken an ambitious — and highly controversial — effort to reshape the landscape of its historically industrial-centric Transit Zoning Code (TZC) district. Through the adoption of...more

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Third District Holds County Could Require Supplemental Environmental Information From Grading Permit Applicant As Condition of...

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Like a gift to land use lawyers that never stops giving, the strange and wondrous interrelationship between CEQA and the Permit Streamlining Act (“PSA”; Gov. Code, § 65920 et seq) continues to inspire litigation and require...more

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Client Alert: US Supreme Court Rules Against EPA in Clean Water Act Permitting Dispute

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City and County of San Francisco in a case against the US Environmental Protection Agency involving the scope of the Clean Water Act. See City & Cty. of San Francisco v. Environmental...more

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